Apparatus

{ap-ar-a* ’-tus) [apparatus, prepared]. I. A collection of instruments or devices used for a special purpose. 2. Anatomically the wrord is used to designate collectively the organs performing a certain function. A. lig a mentos us coll i, the occipito-axoid ligament, a broad band at the front surface of the spinal canal that covers the odontoid proce . 74